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Letters to Mother [March - August 1942]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 69 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from March 23 to August 29, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, Catharine's Home Nursing classes, cleaning and household chores, news pertaining to the war, updates on war-time rations [mostly on …
- Date Range
- 1942
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 113
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
like about the Canadian News tapers, it almost always
mentions either the correspondets name
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 113
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records (72 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 69 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from March 23 to August 29, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, Catharine's Home Nursing classes, cleaning and household chores, news pertaining to the war, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], visits from friends, Kay Baker-Carr and her kids moving to Banff in April [D'Arcy is stationed in Hong Kong], uncertainties surrounding Pete's volunteer status in the war effort, matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave [including the construction of new apartments], a visit from the Governor General in late April, errand trips to Calgary [mostly to see the dentist], going to the movies, bike riding and hiking, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities in the US Army], various holidays [both Canadian and American], Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, slide making and presentations, Pete and Catharine participating in an art show at [possibly] the Mount Royal Hotel, Jean Caird coming to visit for July, sightseeing trips around Banff National Park [including the Lake Louise area, Temple, and Bow Lake], going to the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, participating in the annual Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies hike in the Sunshine area [late July], Pete becoming the acting Quartermaster [for the Airforce?] in early August, painting/sketching, and various other Banff community activities.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
- White, Annie
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Bubby
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Ward, Sam
- Ward, Louise (Cis)
- Brewster, Fern
- Brewster, Jack Walker
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, Adeline
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Rummel, Lizzie
- Rungius, Carl
- Greenham, Margaret
- Baker-Carr, Kay
- Baker-Carr, d'Arcy
- Caird, Jean
- Noble, George
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Bicycles
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Cave and Basin
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- First Aid
- First Nations
- Hiking
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- King Edward Hotel
- Leisure
- Literature
- Mountain
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Sightseeing
- Ski areas
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sunshine Lodge
- Sunshine Village
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Tunnel Mountain
- War
- Weather
- Wildlife
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Canmore
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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Canadian Pacific negatives
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of Canadian Pacific Railway negative photographs pertaining to trail riders, camp staff, guides and outfitters, trail rides, fishing, camps, ceremonies, scenic views of Yoho, Jasper, and Banff National Parks, Canmore and surrounding area, and Banff's townsite. Trail riders in photogr…
- Date Range
- [1943 - ca. 1946]
- Reference Code
- V635 / III / NA - 1 to 124 & LC - 1 to 5
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- V635 / III : Published records
- Sous-Fonds
- V635
- Accession Number
- 5757
- Reference Code
- V635 / III / NA - 1 to 124 & LC - 1 to 5
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [1943 - ca. 1946]
- Physical Description
- 129 photographs : b&w nitrate negatives ; 12 x 9.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of Canadian Pacific Railway negative photographs pertaining to trail riders, camp staff, guides and outfitters, trail rides, fishing, camps, ceremonies, scenic views of Yoho, Jasper, and Banff National Parks, Canmore and surrounding area, and Banff's townsite. Trail riders in photographs include John Murray Gibbon, Carl Rungius and Charlie Beil.
- Notes
- Original order retained, appears to be chronological.
- Most negative envelopes individually titled and dated, majority from 1943 and 1944. Mostly nitrate photographs.
- Original CPR negative envelopes retained in document file.
- Material Details
- Includes 5 loan for copy negatives
- Name Access
- Beil, Charlie
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Rungius, Carl
- McCowan, Dan
- Subject Access
- National parks
- Trails
- Hiking
- Camping
- Fishing
- Guiding
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Canmore
- Access Restrictions
- Access restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Marjorie Youhill Photograph Album
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of one bound album of 158 black and white photographs and one train ticket, H18.5 x W28.5 cm. Photographs pertain to travels in Banff, Canmore, Lake Louise, Yoho National Park, Kootenay National Park, and Vancouver Island. Other points of interest that are depicted in the photographs …
- Date Range
- [c.1948]
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2014.8260 / PD - 1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Album
- Private record
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M8 / V8 / S8
- Series
- 2014.8260 : Accession Number
- Sous-Fonds
- V8
- Accession Number
- 2014.8260
- Reference Code
- V8 / 2014.8260 / PD - 1
- GMD
- Album
- Private record
- Date Range
- [c.1948]
- Physical Description
- 1 album (159 photographs : b&w ; 28.5 x 18.5 cm)
- History / Biographical
- Marjorie Youhill, born c.1910s, was born, raised, and worked in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She was a Christian Scientist, had one stepsister, and never married. Marjorie retired in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where she died at the Glengarry Hospital. She left her financial estate to Loreen Dunklee, her cousin.
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of one bound album of 158 black and white photographs and one train ticket, H18.5 x W28.5 cm. Photographs pertain to travels in Banff, Canmore, Lake Louise, Yoho National Park, Kootenay National Park, and Vancouver Island. Other points of interest that are depicted in the photographs include: Banff Springs golf course, Bow Falls, Cave and Basin, Sulphur Mountain Chalet, Takakkaw Falls, and Lakes O'Hara and McArthur.
- Notes
- Album also contains a train ticket for the Canadian Pacific Railway traveling from Winnipeg to Banff, dated August 7, 1948.
- Name Access
- Youhill, Marjorie
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Golfing
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Sulphur Mountain Chalet
- Sulphur Mountain lookout
- Hiking
- Lake O'Hara region
- Cave and Basin
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Family and personal life
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Canmore
- Cave and Basin
- Kootenay National Park
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'Hara
- Sulphur Mountain
- Yoho National Park
- Language
- English
- Biographical Source Notes
- Information provided on the gift agreement
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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